Landis Kannberg, Ph.D,

Energy Storage Coordinator

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Dr. Kannberg is the Coordinating Manager for Energy Storage and Renewable Integration in the Energy and Environment Directorate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). In the past he successively managed programs funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in Compressed Air Energy Storage and Thermal Energy Storage. In 2002, he was the inaugural national laboratory manager of the Advanced Communications and Controls Program for DOE, which became a Presidential Initiative, GridWise, in 2004. He has served as a technical advisor to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (on Infrastructure Protection), and provided support to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board Task Force on Electric System Reliability. He served as co-director of the Microproducts Breakthrough Institute, a joint research institute with Oregon State University from 2004-2009. From 2009 through October 2010, Dr. Kannberg served as Chief Technology Officer of Battelle-Korea before returning to PNNL. He was a contributor to the recently issued DOE Grid Energy Storage Strategy. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Gonzaga University and his doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from Oregon State University.